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Gabriel Angelos

"This is the fate of traitors, do not falter in your path or I shall be ready to render you the same judgment!"

During the events of the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War video game and book, Brother-Captain Gabriel Angelos is the commander of the Blood Ravens' 3rd Company. He bears the honorific Commander of the Watch, and is the game's main character.

Like many Blood Ravens, Gabriel was born on the planet of Cyrene. Gabriel was an accomplished leader before he entered his teen years, and passed the Trials set by the Blood Raven Chaplains.

Many years later, with an entire company of Blood Ravens under his command, Gabriel returned to Cyrene to preside over the Trials. Gabriel found the seed of Chaos among the competitors, and ceased the trials immediately. He returned to his strike cruiser and sent a coded signal out-system. Within months of the signal, ships of the Imperial Inquisition and Navy appeared over Cyrene and carried out an Exterminatus, destroying all life on the planet. All records of the incident, and Gabriel's message to the Inquisition, have been sealed, but Gabriel carries the guilt of his actions to this day, particularly during the battles on the planet Tartarus. A seemingly ordinary action against an Ork invasion became complicated with the appearance of Imperial Inquisitor Mordecai Toth, who inexplicably demands that the Blood Ravens leave the planet immediately. A Warp Storm is coming, and will engulf Tartarus in a few days: Against Toth's counsel, Gabriel continues investigating the planet, after discovering evidence of Eldar and Chaos involvement. He finds himself battling the Eldar of the Biel-Tan craftworld, led by Farseer Macha, blood cults of former Imperial Guardsmen who betrayed their comrades for the powers of chaos, and the forces of the Alpha Legion, one of the Blood Ravens' greatest foes. Although he successfully tracks down the forces of chaos to where they attempt to release the Maledictum, his old friend and Brother-Librarian Isador Akios betrays the Blood Ravens for whispers from the Chaos sorcerer Sindri telling how he could use the Maledictum for the Imperium. The enraged Gabriel hunts down the remaining forces of Chaos stationed to delay the Blood Ravens while Sindri ascends to a Daemon-Prince. When Gabriel and Isador meet in battle, Isador momentarily disables Gabriel and begins to curse him for being a murderer for ordering the Exterminatus on Cyrene, Gabriel yells out in renewed strength that "Innocents die so humanity can live!" and quickly defeats Isador in front of squads of loyal Blood Ravens. As he walks off he yells out to his men, "This is the fate of traitors, do not falter in your path or I shall be ready to render you the same judgment!"

After which he tracks down Sindri and the remaining forces of Chaos and allies briefly with an Eldar strike force, but ends up releasing a Daemon that the Maledictum held inside. After confronting the daemon, Gabriel vows to destroy it.